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What is a type of bipolar disorder with predominantly depressive symptoms?
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That could be: Most of them- bipolar i, bipolar ii, bipolar disorder not otherwise specified and most other variants.
Answered 6/19/2015
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Bipolar: Bipolar I and bipolar II, In the first, manic phases are more severe, and in the second, depressive phases are more severe. There is also cyclothymia which is a low grade version of bipolar disorder in general, where mood swings are not as severe in either direction, manic or depressive.
Answered 3/9/2015
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